Ripleys checking P.E.I. site where sperm whale was buried 21 years ago

Published on June 14, 2010; Published on June 30, 2010
The Canadian Press ~ The News

Topics :: P.E.I. , Hamilton

Cavendish, P.E.I. -

Officials with Ripley's Believe It or Not are in P.E.I. to visit the site where they buried a sperm whale that washed ashore 21 years ago.
Thom MacMillan, owner of the Ripley's franchise in Cavendish, says he wants to put the whale's skeleton on display - but that won't happen unless most of the whale's flesh is gone.
The 11-metre, 20-tonne whale washed ashore in 1989.
Ripley's bought it and buried it to allow nature to strip the carcass - a process that has taken longer than expected.
Although MacMIllan knows the whale was buried in the Hamilton area, he is seeking help from locals because no one took a GPS reading of its exact location.
The plan is to dig a test hole to check the bones Tuesday.

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Penney

- July 2, 2010 at 14:56:05

Hopefully this isn't the Blue Whale skeleton they're looking for.

http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/media/releases/2008/mr-08-023.html

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Christine

- July 2, 2010 at 14:46:23

The Blue whale is an animal while the Sperm whale is a mammal!! They probably know the difference! LOL And if they didn't they would have googled it like I did!! :-)

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captain

- July 2, 2010 at 14:46:06

I once tried to cut some teeth out of a sperm whales mouth down by Seal cove (22 years ago or so) and the smell was SO BAD that I nearly choked on my vomit and it was relatively fresh.

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Penney

- July 1, 2010 at 21:42:49

Hopefully this isn't the Blue Whale skeleton they're looking for.

http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/media/releases/2008/mr-08-023.html

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Christine

- July 1, 2010 at 21:26:24

The Blue whale is an animal while the Sperm whale is a mammal!! They probably know the difference! LOL And if they didn't they would have googled it like I did!! :-)

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captain

- July 1, 2010 at 21:25:56

I once tried to cut some teeth out of a sperm whales mouth down by Seal cove (22 years ago or so) and the smell was SO BAD that I nearly choked on my vomit and it was relatively fresh.

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